What major event happened in the year you were born ?

[strings]

Dr Emmett Brown created a time machine.

 

[edna krabappel]

It was a bit hot.

 

[Hillian1]

Martin Luther King was assassinated the day before I was born.

 

[Puppet Master]

Brighton took Man United to an FA Cup Final replay

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

25th Space Shuttle - Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff

 

[Badger]

Big Brother
Room 101
Newspeak

 

[Hamilton]

Martin Luther King was assassinated.

 

[Paris]

King George 6th died and Queen Elizabeth 2nd became our monarch.

Exactly the same as my old dear.

My own: the first London Marathon was run. Muhammad Ali retired(55 wins and 5 defeats).

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

King George 6th died and Queen Elizabeth 2nd became our monarch.

I'm the following year, so can claim the Coronation in 1953, about a month before I was born.

 

[glasfryn]

first meeting of the united Nations general assembly

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

I'm the following year, so can claim the Coronation in 1953, about a month before I was born.

And Everest was conquered - just a few days before the Coronation. I guess that's pretty big.

I was in Nepal on a trek a few years ago and read a book by Sherpa Tensing's son. Apparently the locals don't like the idea of a mountain being conquered. They prefer the concept of the mountain working with you and allowing you to climb it, which I think is far more sensible.

 

[Cian]

Kings Cross fire, and not a huge amount else according to Wikipedia's list.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

The USA faked the moon Landing and Bad moon rising was number 1..... go figure !!

 

[Shy Talk]

NHS was set up.

NHS was set up on my birthday!

 

[beakyburn]

Wikipedia is very busy tonight.

Still is. June 51. Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean defect to the USSR. Also the Ealing comedy The Lavender Hill Mob is released.

 

[Kumquat]

My mum lost her virginity. For some reason it's not mentioned on Wikipedia.

 

[Nibble]

Off the top of my head:

Elvis died
Star Wars released
Apple was founded
First woman ordained into the church
Smokey & The Bandit was released.

 

[dougdeep]

Some lady became Queen.

 

[ees complicated no?]

Poll tax introduced

The Simpsons first aired

English and French meet under water (the channel tunnel)

 

[Nibble]

As I'm an International Relations student, quite a few things in that respect happened.

Start of the Bosnian war.
Bill Clinton elected, Bush Snr throws up on the Prime Minister of Japan's lap.
The USSR decide to stop pointing their missiles at major Western cities, and the West stop pointing their missiles at Soviet cities.
Algerian civil war
White South Africans vote for political reform to enable multi-racial government.

All this happened because you are an international relations student!? Students have far too much influence.